SETSUBUN (the Coming of Spring) February 3 and 4 Setsubun - Spring Devil Banishing Ceremony Setsubun refers to the division between winter and spring. The term originally referred to the eve of the first day of any of the 24 divisions of the solar year known as Setsu. Later, it came to be applied more specifically to the last day of the Setsu called Daikan (great cold), which corresponded to the ...

Japan Setsubun Festival ...

FESTIVVALS AND HOLIDAYS February 3 - Oniwa-soto, Fukuwa-uchi (Devils outside, good luck inside) Loud shouting followed by merry laughter is heard from every house on the-evening of February the 3rd, the day on which Setsubun, change of season falls. Observing the old custom of driving out evil and sickness is still an important evening in Japanese households. The master of the house undertakes ...